Immune responses to vaccination are heterogeneous between individuals; the same
vaccine that provides protection in one circumstance may be ineffective in another. One …

Future HIV vaccines are expected to induce effective Th1 cell-mediated and Env-specific
antibody responses that are necessary to offer protective immunity to HIV infection …

The world health organization estimates that more than a quarter of the human population is
infected with parasitic worms that are called helminths. Many helminths suppress the …

Helminths still infect a quarter of the human population. They manage to establish chronic
infections by downmodulating the immune system of their hosts. Consequently, the immune …

One-third of the human population is infected with parasitic worms. To avoid being
eliminated, these parasites actively dampen the immune response of their hosts. This …

Vaccination as a medical intervention has proven capable of greatly reducing the suffering
from childhood infectious disease. However, newborns and infants in particular are age …

In areas co-endemic for helminth parasites and HIV/AIDS, infants are often administered
vaccines prior to infection with immune modulatory helminth parasites. Systemic Th2 biasing …

Schistosome infection induces significant T helper type 2 (Th2) and anti-inflammatory
immune responses and has been shown to negatively impact vaccine efficacy. Our goal was …

Der pränatale Kontakt mit Infektionen kann die Entwicklung des Immunsystems des
Nachwuchses beeinflussen. Dabei kann die Anfälligkeit für entzündliche Erkrankungen …

Vaccination is one of the most effective strategies employed to prevent infectious diseases.
Successful vaccination is dependent upon the induction of a specific, robust, and prolonged …